Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-30
Hair OIL and Hir Dxe.

Every few men want oil on their
hair nowadays" said barber to a
Star reporter. "a few ears ago the
man who didn't use hir oil was the
exception. Of course e are glad of
the change in taste, font is money in
our pockets. Five yers ago had to
have a fresh supply @ hair oil twice
week; now the SAM quantity will
last me a MONTH"
"How about dyeig the hair and
beard ?" the reportelasked.
There has been greater falling
off in the use of dydhan in the use of
hair oil, the barbe continued. "a
few years ago there was large class
OF gay old fellows wtD dyed their hair
and whiskers almosi as regularly as
they shaved. Most Il these men were
more or less inclineAto be sports or
beaus, and always wnted to look as
young as possible. others, however,
were respectable ind steady-going
citizens and business men, who gave
in to their vanity enolgh to want to
keep looking young There was a
large class of out-nd-out gamblers
and sharpers, who seemed to have an
idea it was out of keeping with their
profession to have anything but jet
black whiskers and moustaches. So that
nearly all gamblers or sports who had
red or sandy hair on their face, or on
their heads. for that natter, used to
have it dyed regularly as black as
they could get it. A lew of these are
still around town. LIS easy enough
to tell them, because their eyebrows
don't match the rest of the hair on
their face"
$50 you don't have much use for
hair dye nowadays" ?" the reporter in
terrogated, to keep up the flow OF tonsor-
ial reminisce nces and reflections which,
contrary to the traditions of the craft,
seemed to show some signs OF dying
out.
'No, indeed. When man comes
along now and asks to have his NOUS
tache or hair dyed he usually catches
us unprepared, and if we have any
dye on hand at all it generally takes
a good while to hunt it up and get the
bottle busted off. l think 1 have only
one regular customer in that line now,
and he isn't an old man, either. He
is young fellow whose hair is black,
or nearly black, while his eyebrows
and beard are sandy. He has his eye
brows and whiskers dyed to match his
hair regularly twice a month.
"But young men don't seem to care
nowadays if their hair and beard are
gray. In fact, they seem to be rather
prond of it. When they really begin |
to grow old-that is when they get |
within few laps of 5O-they get sem
sitive about it, however, and if they |
are not bald, frequently inquire as to
the means for preventing the hair
from turning gray, etc.
''Oh, yes, great many men use
cosmetic on their moustaches," the
barber continued, in response to a
suggestion. 'In fact, there are very
few who don't use it. Some time ago
most men wouldn't let barber put /
any powder on their faces after shay
ing. Now nearly all ask for it. It's
laughable how particular some men
are about their hair. No matter how
much care the barber takes about
and brushing it, they are
never satisfied, but always insist on
taking the comb and brush themselves
and arranging it just 50, with every
hair lying in certain position.
"Old customers? I've got three that
I've shaved and sheared for seventeen
years, think, without ever missing
day, except when they were
out of town, or was sick for over a
week. They won't, under any con-
let anyone else touch them
unless they know that 1 won't be
around for three or four days. One of
them let his beard grow couple of
times when business compelled him
10 be out of the city for a long time.
They wait for me for hours when
there are several ahead of them, and
very often miss their shaving day
rather than allow another barber to
touch their faces. A man with a ten
Ter skin is about as big crank on the
subject of BARRIERS and razors as you
,an imagine"